Teachers

As we do at the beginning of every month, we’re highlighting the work of an innovative educator who has consistently used EdTech to empower his or her students with enhanced learning experiences. This month, we’re featuring Laura Luker, a teacher from Massachusetts, who was one of the educators to receive our EdTech grant in the past year.

There’s a decent chance you may have already heard of Wakelet, the popular online organization tool that’s used by a bunch of K-12 teachers. If not, get ready to do just that! Wakelet is a free service that helps teachers save, organize, and share content from across the Web with students or parents.

Kid Spark’s Mobile STEM Labs combine hands-on experience with robust, NGSS-aligned curriculum to inspire lifelong learning and teaching in STEM. Kid Spark’s four mobile STEM labs and detailed curriculum are designed for students in K-8 and are easy to use with or without prior STEM experience and each lab is entirely reusable

If you’ve worked in the classroom, attended EdTech conferences, or kept up to date with the latest happenings in the technology world, then there’s a pretty good chance you’ve heard of Edmodo. There’s also a pretty good chance you’ve already used it with your students. But, if not, you can learn all about it in this week’s Rising Resources blog!

As EdTech tools evolve, their defining characteristics are often changing as well and, as we get further into the 21st century with a better understanding of how to prepare students for the future, those features keep improving. This week, we’re breaking down some of the best things to look for in an educational technology!

We’re excited to be able to provide Sharon and her students with some new alternative energy tools to use in their classroom and can’t wait to see how things shake out! Sharon submitted a great application with some wonderful background information on the work she has done to better learn how to teach STEM to her students, which we loved!

The Sphero Mini, which was previously available with a hard shell, has been remixed to provide a more transparent learning experience—literally. Keep reading to learn more about the new model and how it can be used in the classroom! Keep reading to learn more about teaching coding with the latest Mini model in elementary classrooms.

Our new video series on our YouTube channel. Hopefully, you’ve had a chance to watch some of the videos, which feature Eduporium co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Irina Tuule, and Eduporium co-founder, president, and CEO, Rick Fredkin, discussing a number of relevant topics that pertain to 21st century education.

This month’s award goes to Kimberly Eure, a middle school teacher at John F Kennedy Middle School in Suffolk, VA! Kimberly is dedicated to helping her “quirky” students find books they love and applied for our grant in hopes that technology might be able to play a role in that! Read on to learn more about what Kimberly has planned.

This Monday, I am beginning a 74-day road trip that will take me to some of the most amazing places in the United States and allow me to visit some of the hardworking teachers who are shaping today’s students. Though the idea for a road trip didn’t initially involve teachers (or really even Eduporium), I’m extremely excited with how it